Big Changes! The Gears Are Starting To Turn... Moon enters Scorpio; Mercury enters Virgo
Daily Horoscope for Thursday, August 4, 2022
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Good morning, friends!
There are a lot of shifts happening today. The Moon has moved into Scorpio and Mercury into Virgo—combine those two new signs with the Sun in Leo and I’ll bet there will be some changes happening in your lives today.
The Sun in Leo wants to express itself in a creative way, showing off its beautiful light and lifting others up just by allowing them to be in its presence. The Moon in Scorpio wants to dig deep into our hearts and minds and bring out the dirty, messy, unsightly stuff that everyone is trying to hide, but the Scorpio moon knows that that is where the good stuff is—the real stuff—and why even bother with all that fluff on top?
When the moon is in Scorpio, we could experience a sense of tough love as we go through whatever transformation is occurring. It’s a time to suck it up and deal, even if we are bummed that we have to do something or go somewhere that we don’t want. The Moon is at fall in Scorpio, so she’s not happy here. It’s a little too edgy, paranoid, and full of anxiety—feeling like everyone is working an angle or something.
The Moon will be making a sextile to Mercury in Virgo today, so that could temper the intensity a little bit. We will analyze our emotions and try to think logically and be precise in our communications, hoping that that tactic will work. Mercury in Virgo is very skilled and through practice can produce over and over the same desired result. Mixing this energy with the Scorpio moon in a harmonious sextile, we could find that through words, we are able to achieve the type of changes to our circumstances that make us feel better. Virgo is a mutable sign, which represents change, so be ready for the gears to start moving today. We picked up the courage to ask for what we wanted in Leo and now in Virgo, it’s about making those shifts a reality.
Mercury is also sesquiquadrate Chiron in Aries. This energy brings up past hurts to our sense of self or our ego. We may be dealing with painful memories or dreams today and it’s important not to get all sullen with the Scorpio moon and dwell on these. Instead, acknowledge them, bless them, forgive them, and let them go. There’s no use holding a grudge right now, which is all too easy to do when the Moon is in Scorpio.
The Card for the day is:
XVI The Tower
In this picture you see a tower with a rock-solid foundation, burning, after being struck by lightning. You see the King and Queen falling to the ground and the King has lost his crown.
This is a very violent-looking card symbolizing, that which you thought was stable, solid, and immovable, being destroyed in some way. A foundational element that you depended on is no longer there. It represents receiving a message from the Universe that creates a fire within you that burns out what is false, artificial, or hardened. We can no longer stay trapped in the situations that we are in; usually of our own construction. We have to liberate ourselves from the confines of our own narrow thinking or the Universe will free us in a less than pleasant way.
This is the card of renovation, restoration, and de-structuring of old forms. When the Tower comes up, it’s a good time to be gentle with yourself as you go through major changes in your life. It’s time, to tell the truth, and focus on the health and well-being of your body. This is representative of big changes internally that are manifesting externally or vice versa.
The next card in the Major Arcana of the Tarot is The Star card, which, in simple terms, is about being self-confident and self-sufficient.
The Tower card is reminding us that we are going through big changes right now that may be very scary, painful, and disorienting, but after the dust has settled, we will be more confident and able to take care of ourselves.
We can use the Mercury in Virgo energy to overcome whatever change this is representing in a systematic way. By using our skills of communication, organization, and scrutiny, we can get through it with grace.
As always, I hope this horoscope and card reading are helpful!
Until tomorrow,
AstroMommy
Today’s horoscope was brought to you by: The Sun in Leo; Moon in Scorpio; Mercury in Virgo, and Mercury sesquiquadrate Chiron.
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